Dictionary: MAE – MAG

• MAE
n. Bk1905 Sc. – a child’s name for a sheep; a sheep’s call
vb. 1728 Eng. dial. – of a lamb: to utter its peculiar cry
 
• MAECENAS
n. c1561 – a generous patron of literature or art
 
• MAEGSIE
adj. 1880 Sc. – having large hands  
n. 1866 Sc. – a person with large, flipper-like hands  
 
• MAELSTROM
n. 1682 – a great whirlpool
 
• MAE WEST
n. 1. 1930s rhyming sl. – a bosom, a female breast  
n. 2. 1940 Amer. sl., orig. military aviation usage – a kind of inflatable life jacket  
n. 3. 1941 Amer. Army usage – an M-3 battle tank  
n. 4. 1958 Amer. parachuting usage – a parachute malfunction in which a line becomes caught over the canopy, dividing it into two bulging halves  
n. 5. 1958 Amer. parachuting usage – a large spinnaker  
n. 6. 2000s rhyming sl. – the best (thing)  
 
• M.A.F.
adj. 1990s sl. – extremely annoyed (Mad as Fuck)  
 
• MAF
n. 1960s sl., chiefly US – Mafia  
 
• MAFA
n. 2000s African-American sl. – a supreme insult, a motherfucker  
 
• MAFF
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – a fool; a foolish, silly person
 
• MAFFICK
n. 1900 – an indulging in extravagant demonstrations of exultation on occasions of national rejoicing
vb. 1900 – to indulge in extravagant demonstrations of exultation on occasions of national rejoicing; to give way to a frenzy of enthusiasm; to celebrate a victory with a delirious uproar
 
• MAFFICKER
n. 1900 – one who celebrates a joyful event with frenzied enthusiasm
 
• MAFFICKING
n. 1900s sl. – celebrating in the streets in an uproarious manner, esp. during a national celebration; general street rowdyism  
 
• MAFFICKY
adj. Bk1910 sl. – inclined to be uproariously enthusiastic; frenzied with joy  
 
• MAFFIOSO
n. 1902 – one who sympathizes with the mafia
 
• MAFFLARD
n. c1450 obs. – a stammering or blundering fool; a term of contempt
 
• MAFFLE
n. 1. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – concealment, underhand work  
n. 2. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – nonsense, trifling
vb. 1 1387 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – to stammer, to hesitate; to speak indistinctly, to mumble
vb. 2. 1781 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – to act or talk in a foolish way
vb. 3. 1781 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – to blunder, to make mistakes, to muddle, to bungle
vb. 4. 1781 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – to idle away time, to strive uselessly; to delay
vb. 5. 1781 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – to mumble; to speak indistinctly
vb. 6. 1781 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – to puzzle, to confuse, to bewilder, to muddle
vb. 7. 1781 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – to spend recklessly; to squander, to waste in trifles
vb. 8. 1781 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – to stifle, overcome with heat
vb. 9. 1929 Sc. – to make one’s way with difficulty  
 
• MAFFLED
adj. 1. 1820 Eng. dial. – puzzled, confused, bewildered, muddled
adj. 2. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – slightly insane
adj. 3. 1920 Sc. – half asleep, dazed  
 
• MAFFLE-HORN
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – an incapable, blundering, inefficient person
 
• MAFFLEMENT
n. 1. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – concealment, underhand work
n. 2. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – nonsense, trifling
 
• MAFFLIN
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – a simpleton; a silly, foolish person
 
• MAFFLING
adj. 1. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – useless. unable to work
adj. 2. Bk1905 Amer. dial. – weak, feeble, infirm
adj. 3. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – blundering, clumsy, foolish, stupid
n. 1835 Sc. – procrastination, bungling  
 
• MAFFLY
adj. 1. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – puzzled, confused, bewildered
adj. 2. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – slightly insane
 
• MAFIA
n. 1950s W. Indies Rasta usage – big-time criminals  
 
• MAFIAS
n. 2000s US prison sl. – dark sunglasses  
 
• MAFOO
n. Bk1910 Anglo-Chinese – a groom; hence, a coachman  
 
• MAG
n. 1. 1778 colloq. – prattle, chatter; a talk, gossip, chat
n. 2. 1781 sl. – a halfpenny
n. 3. E18 UK criminals’ sl. – a sodomite  
n. 4. M18 sl. – a mouth  
n. 5. 1801 sl. – a magazine  
n. 6. 1802 – a proper name for a magpie
n. 7. 1886 Amer. sl. – a maggot  
n. 8. 1892 Eng. dial. – a chatterer; a chatterbox; a talkative, garrulous person
n. 9. E19 sl. – a penny, a cent  
n. 10. M19 sl. – a street swindler or thief, esp. one who preys on gullible countrymen  
n. 11. L19 sl. – the face  
n. 12. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – a scold, a fault-finding woman  
n. 13. 1910s Aust. sl. – a lie  
n. 14. 1910s sl. – nagging  
n. 15. 1918 Amer. sl. – a magneto  
n. 16. 1920s US criminals’ sl. – a six month jail sentence 
n. 17. 1928 Sc. – a glove  
n. 18. 1952 Amer. sl. – magnesium  
n. 19. 1970-71 Amer. sl. – a magnum pistol  
vb. 1. 1810 Eng. dial. – to chatter, prattle, talk continuously; to gossip, chat  
vb. 2. 1859 criminals’ sl. – to cheat by flattery or insincere talk; to swindle  
vb. 3. E19 Sc. – to steal  
vb. 4. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – to abuse  
vb. 5. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – to scold, to complain, to find fault
vb. 6. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – to tease, worry incessantly
vb. 7. 20C Aust. sl. – to talk at, to nag  
 
• THE MAG
n. L19 UK criminals’ sl. – confidence trickery, swindling  
 
• MAGA
adj. 1950s W. Indies Rasta usage – thin
 
• MAGA DOG
n. 1950s W. Indies Rasta usage – a mongrel; hence, a term of abuse for a person  
 
• MAGAGEBA
n. 1970s S. Afr. Black usage – money  
 
• MAGASTROMANCER
n. 1652 obs. rare – one who practices magastromancy
 
• MAGASTROMANCY
n. 1652 obs. rare – a name invented for ‘magical astrology’
 
• MAG AWAY
vb. 1810 – to chatter
 
• MAGAZINAGE
n. 1730-6 obs. rare – the hire or rent of a warehouse or place for laying up goods or stores; also the warehouse itself
 
• MAGAZINARY
n. 1825 nonce word – the office or place of production of a magazine
 
• MAGAZINE
n. 1. 1583 rare – a place where goods are laid up; a storehouse or repository for goods or merchandise; a warehouse  
n. 2. 1624 obs. – a ship laden with stores, a victualling ship
n. 3. 1624 obs. – a stock of clothing, wardrobe
n. 4. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – a crowd, a gathering
n. 5. 1926 Amer. prison sl. – six months to a year in jail  
vb. 1643 rare – to lay up in or as in a magazine or storehouse  
 
• MAGAZINER
n. 1758-65 rare – one who writes articles for a magazine
 
• MAGAZINERY
n. 1833 rare – the profession of a magazine writer
 
• MAGDALEN
n. 1. 1697 – a reformed prostitute
n. 2. 1766 – a home for the refuge and reformation of prostitutes
 
• MAGDALEN MARM
n. L19 sl. – a servant who was recruited from the Magdalen home for ‘fallen women’ in Blackfriars Road, Southwark  
 
• MAGE
n. c1400 arch. – a magician; a person of exceptional wisdom and learning 
 
• MAGEEGLE
vb. 20C Irish sl. – to confuse, to bewilder  
 
• MAGELLAN
n. c1952 Amer. aviation usage – an aircraft’s navigator; hence, an automated navigational system 
 
• MAGER
adj. 1. 1866 Sc. – very lean, scraggy, emaciated 
adj. 2. 1962 Sc. – scanty  
 
• MAGG
n. M18 sl. – a halfpenny  
vb. 1. a1400-50 obs. rare – to mangle
vb. 2. 1818 Sc. – to pilfer
 
• MAGGATIVE
adj. Bk1905 Sc. – full of whims or fancies; whimsical, capricious, crotchety  
 
• MAGGATIVOUS
adj. 1866 Sc. – full of whims; capricious, crotchety, contrary, perverse  
 
• MAGGED
adj. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – tired out, exhausted  
 
• MAGGER
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – a scolding, complaining person
 
• MAGGIE
n. 1. 1603 Sc. – a young woman or a girl
n. 2. 1603 sl. – a prostitute, esp. a streetwalker  
n. 3. 1901 – in rifle-shooting: a magpie
n. 4. 1910s US criminals’ sl. – an automatic pistol  
n. 5. 1940s W. Indies sl. – a handcuff, a manacle  
n. 6. 1942-45 Amer. military sl. – in the military, a red flag or disc used on a firing range to indicate failure to hit the target; hence, a complete miss on such a range  
n. 7. 1957 US sl. – any revolver that fires a cartridge that is more powerful than standard ammunition  
n. 8. 1959 US drug culture sl. – marijuana  
n. 9. 1968 Amer. dial. – a large marble  
n. 10. 1979 Amer. sl. – a magnetron  
n. 11. 1994 Brit. sl. – Margaret Hilda Thatcher, British Prime Minister (1979-90)  
n. 12. 20C Irish sl. – in cards: the ace or queen of hearts  
 
• MAGGIE AND JIGGS
n. 1950 Amer. jocular usage – an outdoor toilet building
 
• MAGGIE ANNE
n. 1910s sl., orig. military usage – margarine
 
• MAGGIE FINDY
n. Bk1905 Sc. – a woman who is good at shifting for herself
 
• MAGGIE MAHONE
n. 1930s rhyming sl. – a telephone  
 
• MAGGIEMAN
n. 20C Irish sl. – a fairground showman  
 
• MAGGIE MANYFEET
n. Bk1905 Sc. – a centipede  
 
• MAGGIE MOORES
n. E20 Aust. rhyming sl. for ‘drawers’ – underpants  
 
• MAGGIE RAB
n. 1. 19C Sc. – a bad halfpenny  
n. 2. 19C Sc. – a nagging, unpleasant wife
 
• MAGGIE ROBB
n. 1. 19C Sc. – a bad halfpenny
n. 2. 19C Sc. – a nagging, unpleasant wife
 
• MAGGIE RYAN
n. 1910s sl., orig. military usage – margarine
 
• MAGGIES
n. 20C Aust. rhyming sl. for ‘drawers (Maggie Moores) – women’s underpants  
 
• MAGGIE’S BRITCHES
n. 1942 Amer. military sl. – in the military, a red flag or disc used on a firing range to indicate failure to hit the target; hence, a complete miss on such a range  
 
• MAGGIE’S DRAWERS
n. 1936 Amer. military sl. – in the military, a red flag or disc used on a firing range to indicate failure to hit the target; hence, a complete miss on such a range  
 
• MAGGIE’S MILLIONS
n. 1984 Brit. sl. – the unemployed during the premiership of Margaret Thatcher  
 
• MAGGIE’S PANTS
n. 1942 Amer. military sl. – in the military, a red flag or disc used on a firing range to indicate failure to hit the target; hence, a complete miss on such a range  
 
• MAGGIE’S PIE
n. 1942 Amer. military sl. – the female genitals  
 
• MAGGIE WI’ THE MANY FEET
n. Bk1905 Sc. – a centipede
 
• MAGGING
n. 1. 1814 sl. – chattering, talking
n. 2. M19 sl. – confidence trickery, swindling
 
• MAGGLE
vb. 1. 1456 Sc. obs. – to mangle, to maul, to damage
vb. 2. 1713 Sc. – to spoil by over-handling; to mangle; to spoil food by cutting and handling it too much during its preparation  
vb. 3. a1813 Sc. – to impede, to hinder, to inconvenience 
vb. 4. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – to tire out, to exhaust
vb. 5. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – to worry, to tease
vb. 6. 1929 Sc. – to trudge laboriously through mud or snow  
 
• MAGGLED
adj. 1713 Sc. – botched, bungled, disorganized  
 
• MAGGOT
adj. 2003 Aust. sl. – drunk  
n. 1. 1573 obs. – a proper name for a magpie or a sow  
n. 2. a1625 – a whimsical or perverse fancy; a crotchet; caprice 
n. 3. 1680 sl. – a loathsome or despicable person; a lowlife  
n. 4. 1681 – a whimsical or capricious person
n. 5. 1701 obs. rare – fancifulness
n. 6. 1848 Eng. dial. – a magpie  
n. 7. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – a fidgety, restless child
n. 8. 1920s Irish sl. – a state of drunkenness  
n. 9. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – cheese  
n. 10. 1963 Amer. sl. – a cigarette butt  
n. 11. 1980s US college sl. – a very lazy person, esp. one who stays in bed all day  
n. 12. 1985 African-American sl., contemptuous usage – a White person  
n. 13. 1985 Amer. police sl. – a felon or habitual criminal  
n. 14. 1987 Aust. sl. – a repulsive female  
n. 15. 1998 US Air Force sl. – someone who is very dedicated to service  
n. 16. 20C sl. – the penis  
vb. 1. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – of deer: to damage the bark of young trees by nibbling at them here and there
vb. 2. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – to waste money; to spend foolishly
 
• MAGGOT BAG
n. 2003 Aust. sl. – a meat pie  
 
• MAGGOT BAIT
n. 1955 Amer. sl., esp. military usage – an exposed or buried corpse  
 
• MAGGOT BOILER
n. L18 sl. – a tallow chandler  
 
• MAGGOTBOX
n. 1991 US sl. – an Apple Macintosh™ computer  
 
• MAGGOT-BRAINED
adj. L17 sl. – whimsical, fanciful, eccentric; a general epithet of abuse  
 
• MAGGOT-HEADED
adj. L17 sl. – whimsical, fanciful, eccentric; a general epithet of abuse
 
• MAGGOTISH
adj. 1. a1700 obs. – crotchety; full of whims or perverse fancies; eccentric
adj. 2. 1920s US & Irish sl. – extremely drunk  
adj. 3. 1990s US sl. – crazy, insane  
adj. 4.  20C Aust. sl. – ill-tempered, irritable  
adj. 5. 20C Irish sl. – dirty, disgusting  
 
• MAGGOTIVE
adj. 1866 Sc. – capricious, crotchety, contrary, perverse  
 
• MAGGOT MEAT
n. 1. 1970s US sl. – a dead person, or one about to be killed  
n. 2. 1975 Amer. sl., esp. military usage – an exposed or buried corpse  
 
• MAGGOT-MONGER
n. 1660 obs. – a crotcheteer; a whimsical person
 
• MAGGOT-PATE
n. 1622 obs. – a silly whimsical person
 
• MAGGOT-PATED
adj. L17 sl. – whimsical, fanciful, eccentric; a general epithet of abuse  
 
• MAGGOT-PLATED
adj. L17 sl. – whimsical, fanciful, eccentric; a general epithet of abuse
 
• MAGGOT-PIE
n. 1573 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – a magpie
 
• MAGGOTRY
n. 1706 obs. – folly, absurdity
 
• MAGGOTS
int. L19 sl. – an exclamation of dismissal  
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – tricks; nonsense
 
• MAGGOTTED
adj. 2003 Aust. sl. – drunk  
 
• MAGGOTTING
adj. 1. 1892 Eng. dial. – meddling  
adj. 2. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – full of whims or fancies, whimsical, capricious, crotchety
 
• MAGGOTT’S DIVERSIONS
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – wanton or rattling fun
 
• MAGGOTTY
adj. 1. L17 sl. – eccentric, whimsical  
adj. 2. 1820 Eng. dial. – frisky, playful, full of tricks, frolicsome  
adj. 3. 1846 Sc. – capricious, crotchety, contrary, perverse  
adj. 4. 1920s US & Irish sl. – extremely drunk  
adj. 5. 1990s US sl. – crazy, insane  
adj. 6. 20C Aust. sl. – ill-tempered, irritable  
adj. 7. 20C Irish sl. – dirty, disgusting  
 
• MAGGOTTY-PIE
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – the magpie
 
• MAGGOT WAGON
n. 1992 US sl. – a catering truck  
 
• MAGGOTY
adj. 1. 1678 – full of whims and foolish fancies; capricious; freakish
adj. 2. 1890 Eng. dial. – queer-tempered, fractious, cross, ill-tempered, irritable  
adj. 3. 1920-22 sl. – very drunk  
adj. 4. 1990s US sl. – crazy, insane  
adj. 5. 20C Irish sl. – dirty, disgusting  
 
• MAGGOTY-HEADED
adj. 1. 1667 – full of whims or fancies, whimsical, capricious, crotchety
adj. 2. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – passionate
 
• MAGGOTY-MINDED
adj. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – full of whims or fancies, whimsical, capricious, crotchety
 
• MAGGOTY-PATE
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – an opprobrious term; a whimsical person  
 
• MAGGOTY-PATED
adj. 1850 – whimsical
 
• MAGGOTY-POW
n. 1887 Sc. – a whimsical, crotchety person
 
• MAGGY
adj. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – cross-grained, disagreeable
n. 1. 1901 Aust. sl. – a magpie  
n. 2. 1933 sl. – margarine  
 
• MAGGY ANNE
n. 1910s sl., orig. military usage – margarine
 
• MAGHA
n. 1609 obs. rare – a sorceress
 
• MAGHNOON
adj. L19 among troops in Egypt – mad, silly
n. L19 among troops in Egypt  – a fool; a dolt; an idiot
 
• MAGIAN
adj. 1818 poetic usage, rare – magical
n. 1578 – a magician; a wizard
 
• MAGIC
adj. 1. 1956 sl. – excellent, first-rate; used for showing approval and enthusiasm  
adj. 2. 1981 US sl. – in computing: complicated or not yet understood  
n. 1. 1960s drug culture sl. – a psilocybe mushrom, a hallucinogen somewhat milder than LSD; usually used in the plural  
n. 2. 1970s drug culture sl. – phencyclidine  
n. 3. 1981 Amer. sl. – high technology electronics, esp. as used in advanced computer systems  
 
• MAGICALIZE
vb. 1866 rare – to invest with a magical charm
 
• MAGIC BEAN
n. 1996 Brit. drug culture sl. – a tablet of MDMA  
 
• THE MAGIC CIRCLE
n. c1920 London taxi-drivers’ usage – the area within a quarter-mile radius of Piccadilly Circus 
 
• MAGIC DOCTORS
n. c1930 Royal Air Force sl. – ground-staff engineers 
 
• MAGIC DUST
n. 1970s drug culture sl. – phencyclidine  
 
• MAGICIANESS
n. 1651 obs. rare – a female magician
 
• MAGICIENNE
n. 1490 obs. rare – a female magician
 
• MAGIC MUSHROOM
n. 1. 1960s drug culture sl. – a psilocybe mushrom, a hallucinogen somewhat milder than LSD; usually used in the plural  
n. 2. 1970s drug culture sl. – peyote  
 
• MAGIC SHOW
n. 1978 US Marine Corps usage – a religious service  
 
• MAGIC WAND
n. 1950s sl. – the penis  
 
• MAGIE
n. 1592 obs. rare – magic
 
• MAGIFFER
n. 1950s US sl. – a pimp  
 
• MAGIMP
n. 1910s rhyming sl. – a pimp  
 
• MAGIN
adj. 1911 Sc. – wondering, speculating; talking as if at a loss  
 
• MAGINATE
vb. 1623 – to trifle → obs.
 
• MAGINE
vb. 1530 – to imagine → obs.
 
• MAGINK
adj. 1962 – a queer-looking object or creature; an oddity → Sc.
 
• MAGIRIC
adj. 1853 – pert. to cookery
 
• MAGIRICS
n. 1889 rare – the art of cooking
 
► MAGIRIST n. an expert in cookery → 1716 obs.
 
• MAGIRISTIC
adj. 1892 – pert. to cookery
 
• MAGIRKIE
n. 1879 – an odd, unwieldy object → Sc.
 
• MAGIROLOGICAL
adj. 1814 – skilled in cookery
 
• MAGIROLOGIST
n. 1814 – an expert in cookery
 
• MAGIROLOGY
n. 1814 – the art of cookery
 
• MAGISTERIAL
adj. 1. 1632 – assuming authority; dictatorial
adj. 2. 1632 – of opinions, utterances, etc.: authoritative
adj. 3. 1632 – pert. to a master or teacher, or one qualified to speak with authority
adj. 4. 1643 – pert. to a master-workman; displaying a master’s skill; also, having the qualifications of a master → obs.
 
• MAGISTERIALITY
n. 1655 – mastership; authoritative position → obs.
 
• MAGISTERIALNESS
n. 1651 – the quality of being magisterial; assumption of authority → obs.
 
• MAGISTERICAL
adj. 1646 – pert. to a magistrate → obs.
 
• MAGISTERIOUS
adj. 17C – exercising the authority of a master → obs.
 
• MAGISTERIOUSNESS
n. 1650 – assumption of authority → obs.
 
• MAGISTERY
n. 1765 – authority → US 
 
• MAGISTRACY
n. 1646 – the body of magistrates → US 
 
• MAGISTRAL
adj. 1605 – pert. to or befitting a master; authoritative, dogmatic
 
• MAGISTRALITY
n. 1603 – authoritative character; the right to lay down the law or to dogmatize → obs.
 
• MAGISTRATE
n. 1895 – a herring → Sc.
 
• MAGISTRATE’S COURT
n. 20C – a measure of spirits, as bought in a public house → rhyming sl. for ‘short’
 
• MAGISTRATIAL
adj. 1774 – pert. to a magistrate → obs.
 
• MAGISTRATIC
adj. 1653 – pert. to a magistrate → obs.
 
• MAGISTRATICAL
adj. 1638 – pert. to or befitting a magistrate
 
• MAGISTRATION
n. 1490 – command, direction → obs.
 
• MAGISTRATIVE
adj. 1865 – proper to a magistrate, requisite for ruling
 
• MAGISTRICIDE
n. 1670 – a murderer of one’s master or teacher  
 
• MAGMENT
n. 1623 – great increase → obs.
 
• MAGNAEVOUS
adj. 1727 – of great age → obs.
 
• MAGNALE
n. 1623 – a great or wonderful thing → obs.
 
• MAGNALIA
n. 1645 – great or wonderful works; wonders → obs.
 
• MAGNALITY
n. 1646 – a great or wonderful thing → obs.
 
• MAGNANIMATE
vb. 1640 – to imbue with steadfast courage; to inspire with greatness of mind; to render high-souled; to cheer, to inspirit → obs.
 
• MAGNANIME
adj. 1523 – high-souled; lofty, magnanimous → obs.
 
• MAGNANIMITY
n. 1. 1509 – lofty courage; fortitude → obs.
n. 2. 1598 – loftiness of thought or purpose; grandeur of designs, nobly ambitious spirit
n. 3. 1771 – nobility of feeling; superiority to petty resentment or jealousy; generous disregard of injuries  
 
• MAGNANIMOUS
adj. 1. 1584 – great in courage; nobly brave or valiant  
adj. 2. 1598 – high-souled; nobly ambitious; lofty of purpose; noble in feeling or conduct; superior to petty resentment or jealousy  
 
• MAGNANIMOUSNESS
n. 1606 – magnanimity  
 
• MAGNATE
n. 1439 – a wealthy and influential person, esp. in business
 
• MAGNATICAL
adj. 1608 – ? lordly, domineering → obs.
 
• MAGNET
n. 1. M17 – a thing which attracts
n. 2. 18C – the female genitals, that which draws the male → Brit.
 
• MAGNETARIAN
adj. 1654 – conversant with the magnet → obs.
 
• MAGNET ASS
n. 1962 – a pilot who seems to attract enemy fire frequently → Amer. military aviation usage

• MAGNETIC
adj. E17 – having powers of attraction; very attractive or alluring
 
• MAGNETISH
adj. 1683 – magnetic → obs.
 
• MAGNETISM
n. M17 – an attractive power or influence, esp. personal charm
 
• MAGNETIZER
n. 1900 – one who assume to cure disease by means of so-called magnetic passes, magnetized water, etc.  
 
• MAGNIF
adj. 1863 – magnificent → Amer. sl.
 
• MAGNIFIC
adj. 1. 1490 – renowned; glorious → obs.
adj. 2. 1490 – sumptuous, splendid → arch.
adj. 3. ..16C – pompous, grandiloquent → derogatory
adj. 4. ..16C – of language, ideas, etc.: exalted, sublime  
adj. 5. 1558 – imposing by vastness or dignity  
adj. 6. 1611 – nobly lavish or munificent → obs.
 
• MAGNIFICAL
adj. 1. 1538 – splendid, stately, sumptuous → arch.
adj. 2. 1557 – eminent, renowned, glorious → obs.
adj. 3. 1572 – imposing by vastness or dignity → arch.
adj. 4. 1586 – liberal or bountiful, munificent → obs.
adj. 5. 1905 – grand, fine, magnificent → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
 
• MAGNIFICATE
adj. 1592 – made unduly great, exaggerated → obs.
vb. 1598 – to magnify or extol → obs.
 
• MAGNIFICENT
adj. 19C Brit. sl. – high and mighty; self-important, arrogant, conceited  
 
• MAGNIFICENTIAL
adj. 1506 obs. rare – magnificent  
 
• MAGNIFICENTS
n. M19 sl. – a mood of haughty indignation  
 
• MAGNIFICIAL
adj. 1557 obs. – eminent, renowned, glorious
 
• MAGNIFICIE
n. 1570 obs. rare – greatness, importance
 
• MAGNIFICO
adj. 1654 – magnificent, grand  
n. 17C – any person in an exalted position  
 
• MAGNIFICOUS
adj. 17C rare – magnificent, grand, pompous  
 
• MAGNIFIQUE
adj. Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. – magnificent, splendid
 
• MAGNIFY
vb. 1733 Ireland & Eng. dial. – to signify, to matter
 
• MAGNILOQUENCE
n. 1623 – loftiness of speech or expression  
 
• MAGNILOQUENCY
n. 1615 obs. – loftiness of speech or expression
 
• MAGNILOQUENT
adj. 1656 – lofty or ambitious in expression, using pompous or bombastic language; using a stately manner of speaking or writing; also, talking big, boastful  
 
• MAGNILOQUOUS
adj. 1727 obs. – magniloquent
 
• MAGNILOQUY
n. 1656 rare – magniloquence  
 
• MAGNIPEND
vb. 1623 obs. – to hold something in very high esteem
 
• MAGNIPOTENCE
n. 1861 rare – mighty power
 
• MAGNIPOTENT
adj. 1680 obs. rare – possessing great power
 
• MAGNISONANT
adj. a1843 rare – high sounding
 
• MAGNITUDINOUS
adj. 1803 – involving greatness of scale; great, magnificent, imposing  
 
• MAGNITY
n. 1790 obs. rare – greatness of character, rank or position
 
• MAGNIUM
n. 1808 obs. – magnesium
 
• MAGNOLIA CURTAIN
n. 1940s African-American sl. – the Mason-Dixon line that divides the American north and south  
 
• MAGNOLIOUS
adj. 1865 sl. – magnificent, splendid, large, very fine
 
• MAGNOLIOUSNESS
n. M19 – the fact or quality of being magnificent, splendid, or large (US sl.)
 
• MAGNOON
adj. 1917 – crazy, eccentric, insane, mad (Aust. sl., orig. services’ usage)
 
• MAGNOPERATE
vb. 1. 1610 – to make greater; to cause a great increase of
vb. 2. 1821 – to work at a ‘magnum opus’
vb. 3. 1922 – to act in a grand manner
 
• MAGNUM BONUM
n. c1755 – a bottle containing two quarts of wine or spirits or the contents of it (Sc.)
 
• MAGNUNE
adj. 1917 – crazy, eccentric, insane, mad (Aust. sl., orig. services’ usage)
 
• MAGO
adj. 1658 – magical, used in a chemical sense as pertaining to magic and chemistry (US)
 
• MAGO-CHEMICAL
adj. 1652 – pert. to magic and chemistry (obs.)
 
• MAGOO
n. 1. 1926 – in the theatre: a cream pie thrown in slapstick comedy (Amer. theatrical sl.)
n. 2. 1932 – a useless or foolish person; an absent-minded or inattentive person (Amer. sl.)
n. 3. 1932 – an important person (Amer. sl.)
n. 4. 1935 – sex appeal (Amer. sl.)
n. 5. 1980s – a driver, usually old and male, who drives very slowly and thus impedes the faster car behind (US students’ sl.)
 
• THE MAGOO
n. 1. 1930s – a lie, a trick, a hoax (US sl.)
n. 2. 1942 – sex appeal (US sl.)
n. 3. 1947 – the right stuff; something excellent (US sl.)
 
• MAGOOFER
n. 1950s – a pimp (US sl.)
 
• MAGOOZLUM
n. 1920s – rubbish, trash (US sl.)
 
• MAGOWFIN
n. Bk1905 – a grimace (Eng. dial.)
 
• MAGOWK
vb. 1911 – to make an April fool of one (Sc.)
 
• MAGOWK’S DAY
n. 1910 – April fool’s day (Sc.)
 
• MAG-OWL
n. 1856 – the barn owl (Eng. dial.)
 
• MAG-OWLET
n. 1856 – the barn owl (Eng. dial.)
 
• MAGPIE
n. 1. 1632 – an idle or impertinent chatterer  
n. 2. a1704 – a derisive term for an Anglican bishop, from the black chimere and white rochet forming his ordinary ceremonial attire (obs.)
n. 3. 1838 – a halfpenny (sl.)
n. 4. 1844 – a scold; a term of contempt (Eng. dial.)
n. 5. M19 – convict clothing (coloured yellow and black); hence, the convict who wears it (Aust. & UK prison sl.) 
n. 6. L19 – (as ‘mag-pie’) speech, conversation (sl.)
n. 7. Bk1905 – a collector of specimens, curiosities, etc. (Eng. dial.)
n. 8. Bk1905 – a large marble of brown earthenware (Eng. dial.)
n. 9. 1910s – a nickname for a South Australian (Aust. sl.)
n. 10. 1941 – a lean, angular Holstein steer (Amer. dial.)
n. 11. 1980s – a half-caste (Aust. sl.)
 
• MAGPIE’S NEST
n. E18 – the female genitals (Brit.)
 
• MAGPIETY
n. a1845 – talkativeness, garrulity, esp. on religious or moral topics 
 
• MAGRIM
n. 1870 – a difficulty; an awkward predicament (Eng. dial.)
 
• MAGS
n. 1762 – an extra payment to express appreciation of services outside regular duties, a gratuity, a tip (Sc.)
 
• MAGSMAN
n. 1. 1838 – a street swindler or thief, esp. one who preys on gullible countrymen; a confidence man (sl.)
n. 2. M19 – the king of the 19th century swindlers, a fashionable swell who appeared as sophisticated a figure as those on whom he preyed (sl.)
n. 3. M19 – an assistant for a street swindler or pickpocket (sl.)
n. 4. M19 – a card-sharp or other cheating gamester (sl.)
n. 5. 1918 – a raconteur; a story-teller (Aust. sl.)
n. 6. 20C – a chatterbox; a talker (Aust. sl.)
 
• MAG-STAKE
n. M19 – money obtained by trickery or fraud (sl.)
 
• MAG’S TALES
n. c1410 – nonsense, trifling (obs.)
 
• MAG TALES
n. c1410 – nonsense, trifling (obs.)
 
• MAGUFFIN
n. 1832 – a foolish, blundering person, an oaf (Sc.)
 
• MAGUFFY
n. 1. 20C – one who thinks that they are more important than they really are (W. Indies sl.)
n. 2. 20C – anything large and pretentious (W. Indies sl..)
 
• MAGUS
n. 1621 – one skilled in Oriental magic and astrology; an ancient magician or sorcerer  
 
• MAGUSIAN
n. 1587 – a magian; a magician; a wizard; a follower of the magi (obs.)
 
• MAGY
adj. Bk1905 – foggy (Eng. dial.)